Despite the name of this organization Pirate Party is not about unlawful sharing of information and Internet piracy. On the contrary, this movement organized by non-professional politicians fight for preservation and protection of copyright and intellectual property rights, transparency of the governmental structure, free education and so on.

The project has originated in Sweden in 2006. Later on this year the Pirate Party International (PPI) with its head quarters in Belgium was organized. Nowadays, national Pirate parties can be found in nearly 33 states all over the world, they interact and support each other via PPI. Pirate Parties participate in the parliamentary elections. Two members of PPI even have places in the European Parliament.